Definition: 'Cinnamon'

cinnamon

Type: Term

Pronunciation: sin′ă-mon

Definitions:
1. The dried bark of Cinnamomum loureirii Nees (family Lauraceae), an aromatic bark used as a spice and, in medicine, as an adjuvant, carminative, and aromatic stomachic.2. The dried inner bark of the shoots of Cinnamomum zeylanicum.